582nd RAF Squadron
No. 582 Squadron RAF
period of existence / Active
582nd Squadron RAF [1944-1945]
motto
Praevolamus designates (lat. - Přilétáme před marking / We fly before marking)
history
The squadron was formed on 1 April 1944 at Little Staughton as a heavy bomber unit and until the end of the war carried out mainly night raids on targets in Germany and occupied Europe, its main task being to mark targets for other bomber formations. During the war it conducted 165 operations (2157 sorties) and lost 28 aircraft. With the end of the war it ceased to exist on 10.9.1945.
sources
HALLEY, James J. The Squadrons of the Royal & Commonwealth Air Force 1918-1988. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air Britain (Historians) Ltd, 1988. ISBN 0-85130-164-9.
JEFFORD, Wing Commander C.G., MBE, BA, RAF(Retd.). RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988 (second edition 2001). ISBN 1-85310-053-6.
http://www.rafweb.org/Squadrons/Sqn541-598.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._582_Squadron_RAF
http://www.lancaster-archive.com/bc_sqn-582.htm
http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/582squadron.cfm
www.raf.mod.uk
www.historyofwar.org
No. 582 Squadron RAF
period of existence / Active
582nd Squadron RAF [1944-1945]
motto
Praevolamus designates (lat. - Přilétáme před marking / We fly before marking)
history
The squadron was formed on 1 April 1944 at Little Staughton as a heavy bomber unit and until the end of the war carried out mainly night raids on targets in Germany and occupied Europe, its main task being to mark targets for other bomber formations. During the war it conducted 165 operations (2157 sorties) and lost 28 aircraft. With the end of the war it ceased to exist on 10.9.1945.
sources
HALLEY, James J. The Squadrons of the Royal & Commonwealth Air Force 1918-1988. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air Britain (Historians) Ltd, 1988. ISBN 0-85130-164-9.
JEFFORD, Wing Commander C.G., MBE, BA, RAF(Retd.). RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988 (second edition 2001). ISBN 1-85310-053-6.
http://www.rafweb.org/Squadrons/Sqn541-598.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._582_Squadron_RAF
http://www.lancaster-archive.com/bc_sqn-582.htm
http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/582squadron.cfm
www.raf.mod.uk
www.historyofwar.org
